The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-04 00:00:00

c - s4.srx Insirc6rons for the defence of the coast from Pdvre 131yonoe." The latest article from, Vienna is - Lted the 16th of August, anti gives an account cf the ,rejoicings in'that capital in honour of the Si-day of Napoleon. • M. d Champagny, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ISas bet out from Vienna for Altenburgh, in Hun gary, where he would arrive on the 14th, at six o'c.l4);:k in the ercniog. On the 14th the negocin t:ous for peace were tpl)e.opened. The Emperor of Austriahas tiominaW ConAt "letternicli and Count tingent.his Plenipotentiaries. COVERgMENT 1F MADRID-NEWS PROM THE -ARMY, On the 16111" the army of Vanegas stop its retro . grade 'movernentk, and formed at 4-11monaciz. On the tOth "the King united the -nth corps of the, reserve at Dillbroa. 'The 1; th_ the King marched towards the epeirly,„surrounded..iiiin, attack e Cl, Limarove hi . m from all strong positions, and put him completely to tile "rout. This was an .affair of • r three h urs. Thirty piec'es - O'f_ordnance, 306 caissons, 200 wag gons, 3000 infinite number of wounded, and several sands olcolours, are the result of this biiniartt day. Our*LOSs:_is very inconsiderable. Madrid Avg. 14. • (Signed) ,AUGUCTe. Rein the Koniteur, Aug. :V. SANTA OLALLA, AUG. receive this mo ment intellig , -nce - that the Enemy's artillery which boMbarded Toledo, has, ,on a sudden ceased firing, and that the English and Insurgents are retreating in the utmost confusion to the left bank of the Tagus. Thds 'a few days have been sufficient to confound, and disconcert the absurd projeas of people who carried the suggestions of insanity so far as to cen. ceive that they should speedily render themselves masters of the Capital, and now-deem it extremely prudent to place the Tagus' between them and the French arany.—(tioyal Amsterdam Gazetie, Aug. 23.) VLENNA, AUG. 4.—AcCording to a, resolution ot, the Prince Major-General (Prince of Neufchatel .or Wagram), every soldier is to receive 50 sous , on the birth-day of the Emperor NAPOLEON, and every Officer 12 francs. - The Frenollanny in Moravia is tnoat plentifully supplied with all sorts of provisisna, while the Au striaris, in their own country e e3cperrencethe utmost want, owing to the bad management of those who are .to procure provisions t for the troopw.- The ut- . moat discontentis said to prevailamoUg thol, and, a considerable number of superior aricers have re,anded tht-ir 1 Y It:is now known that the corps of the Prince of Rosehburgh, which consisted. of about 45,1/00 men,: ba; been zo much reduced by some ►ate events,:•thaf it has-been 'found necessary in disband it, and ii.- cQrate th:e . r9mains with other •.. tie counties- of 'Hungary . Irave, refused to raise their number of nAen for thelusurreEtiop. LINTz, Austlian Newspaper con., tairis the follbwino• article : fi,W4hin these last days several engagements hane,talten place ir. the environs of Ingolina and Delgrad, the result of y.:hicf has not been favourable to the Servians.. CZER ?a:Geo-11GB has been wounded severe action which was lately fought near Tapplia • during laic abgeuce IvitLEKKo.ha4.talcen. the chief command of the Servian army." - FRANY,FO7, Arc. to.—Na official account has yet bee-6 receiyed of. the reported prolongation of the :Armistice, bui it is stilt as:tested, that on the sth inst. it 1,-.7as prolonged. at.que d-ie. However this nu, be, the Negotiations for Peace do ,rat proceed as Spteoiiy as it Was suppc,sed tin would. I,.etters from CoKnorn state, that the -Emperor of Austria, and all she person 6 by whOrit h&is 4urrouridid, ap pear cx.tternely dejeeked, and the Emperor is seldom seen in public, • Count ntosuct - r issued, a publication, stating that the present circumstance& rendered it indiseentably necessary to re-organize. the Naticnal Guards of pa ris, and accordingly ordered the immediate. re-orgal nization thereof. AMSTERIIAM, Atm. .iurrender.of it - 1 is iez . sto be ascribed to the efforts 'of the be sieg;rlg army, than to the fife iihich was kept up 1 • • agatnsi the fortress - with uncommon vigour by seven salt of the rikie. was sunk. before the tOvi?n. • ' General °S TUN was at' the head. of every . • tie which %Vas node,' and has deservedly obtained the adir.ir trot only of his friends, tint also of th e English, When he stepped into the boat which was to take !inn nn hoatd ail Etig i liS4traDSpOrt, Loid . Cn,i'rEAm shook hands with hina, and said . • " Parewel braise Genz-zal." His Aoyal Majesty 4a4 ordered, that no public fu..likrals shall take place in Holland until the Dutch territory shall, have been properly cleared of the dish 2r;il that aiCorciingly all public'rejoicings, wit/';111th It was intedecl to celebraie his Majes , t}'!i birth-day on the 4th of next month, shall be Postponed for the present,—(llaj al Amsterdam Ga. zetle.) PA 11 AuG. 2.3.—Her IVajeEty the Empress con tinues to hie private since her return-from the 'baths. of isilairnaf.,on, and it is believed that she will not in4ke her oppearance before the an ival of the •EMpe:. aao;ding ;o the iast aclvices 'fro:6 Vientia; We understand that Government have at length' .received advices frorri Sir JOHN STEWART, by which' it appears, that he had Made an Exiiedition .against the Court of Naples, in order to make a diversion iri favour of Austria; he had taken the Islands of Is- Chiaand 'Proci'da, *Made t 500 French 'i)risrinerS, and took a large gnantity of cannon and anictunfilon ; and th; Enemy - had' been obliged to- aS:indoh'Bcylia, destroying the works ; ar.d teavinfall their . ord. Dance and stores behind. The ships of war which accompanied bim bad also totally ,de stroyed a flotilla force of 40 gunboats. Thes e events have , been alluded to in the French Pa pers ; and we may remember that when they talked of •our reducing Ischia, the French Paters said that two RegiMents were goneto Malta. Those turn out to be two French Regiments of 'the line, sent there Prisoners of War. In another , part of our Paper our Readers will find the Dispatches of Lord CgATRA.sc and 'Lord W.p.4,lsoTONr, which appeared' in the Gazette Of Saturday. We have to regret that . the force . of the .Enamy colleCted in Flanders (aided too powerfully by the inundations, and tlie unwholesome nature of the climate) . has been tennd tPo strong to authorize any attempt upon Antwerp and the Ships. With- . • out this object, the attack pf Lillo and Leilkenshoeck would have been a Mere waste of human life;—and we congratulate the Country that its resources have been husbanded with prudence, and its soldiers reserv ed for occasions in which their noble blood may be ha-, z Merl wit hhet ter prospeas of success, and perm a nit.n t advantage to their country. The pbssession of the Isle of Walcheren, with . its fortresses, commanding both branches of the Scheldt, is an inestimable accluisj.- : - than in a military, and perhaps in a cot - opercial'point of view: the disabling - , and imprisonment of the French navy.,in the stream of that river; and the'l occupation which our holding a military and nay.-11:' -statipn i4ere, must henceforth give to a very consi derable army of the enemy, together with the severe loss he has suffered at the siege, and the capture of_ nearly ten thousand of his troops, are circumstances • • so happy and brilliant, as to vindicate the return of, this.great Expedition from any charaCter or suspicion of disappointment, although its:yalterior objeas have not been attained. And,tp'tle—vy. hti,rateet Ibra very powerfut diversion has been created in fa your of the House of 'Austria, at a most critical period, and chat considerable, facilities are actually.' secured in our hands, (if ever France should venture to divert the force she must now maintain in Hol land and Flanders) of striking sfill harder and more. effectual blows in these quarters, there will be want- . ing . no consolation for not having taken or burnt a navy that can never 'put to sea as long as Flushing remains in our hands, 'lt may well'be duobted whe ther the destruelion of these ships, thus.cut off from . _ the oceap, could have compensated or Justified the sacrifices we must have made fOr it, had the Com mander in Chief and the Lieutenant-generals_of his army seen a probability of success ; and we confeo that iz ! is with more satisfaEtion we contemplate the • return of our army in i,ts entire and di.posable force, ••.• than we, should have hailed a few captured ships, at the expence of 4 Singie regiment of our gallant .countrymen._ • The 4pateh , of, otir viEtorious General, Lord I,V.tu,lNGTobt,'details the causes and prpgress of t t • admirable retreat, .by which he has so SkVfully dis-' appointed the combinal4ons of the firsrGenerals of , Frane, ly 41e p4r6je6leditinalwn fat: all -these .he . tnust if;` theldur,.. `.of the most ,plendql ; tiCt - )1-y; his prucVnce and ex . -tran . idioary Curesiglit-fi4for a moment fotiaken hint. „IF,voy, liberal arik.w3l corrstit>xt tut l h &g 1 i na k e reai;allowance-o`6 - r any thing ,h i av cc '.curred contrary -to wishess - tan the ,part of the e , Spanish forre4,4-7 4 v their General.; -.The efforts oft ~ ale- Spanish Patriots tave Certainly' t . norWithstandipc • r.plendid instanceiTtl i hk:cou t rayy)N9t ,been Coin mensurate to the chz.enrnstante3 - in which they have been placed ; and there is no part of the charge and , condud confided to The.ability - of I,,urd.Wzta.teteqpi,l. ,and his, illustrious brother, l in 4 th?' . ,pahinet _`and :the Field, more delicate than the manAgement of Allies., who unite to t • nicest leelings of honour Ind. nat iOnal spirit, charaCleristic peculiarities and opinionkwhich ho‘trever ditlicuA t411. - tide;, it may be..impossib'w conquer. The great-and glorious oppaturiity h? - tvc afforded, to sffmany . parts of Spain, anthailie Capital itself, by drawing off the whole of the French artUie, (whether it shall be improved or negleCted,) will • ever be atnok;st the. brightest TecolleCtions of our history and when it-is-recorded, as it must be, in . the same page, with the conquest of Walcheren, and the diversion effected by pur arms in favour of Ger many, with the descent of Sir .lona STUART in Italy, with the capture of. Martinique and: Senegal, and the final expulsion of the French from . the island dt Hispani'ala, by the fall of St. Domingo—no page of it can be fuller of the power, the wisdom, and the energy or Great:l3ritain. .'tench and, Dutch Papers arrived last night,, the former to the 27th, and the latter to the . 31s't Spanish Papers ' were also received to the " - tOth ultimo. An article from Paris, of the 23d, asserts, that AuStria had acquiesced in the conditions on which NAPOL.RONT had consented to make Peace; and s it:is stated in the Official Journal; that CIII4IPAPNY, the French .Minister . for 'Foreigri Affairs, had set : out fiorn Vienna 'for A.ltenburgh,' where he . 4i , as to ar rive on the 'l4th uft.3 that,on the 14th, the Ntzo ciations for peace were to be opeped, and that ti e Emperor of Austria had nominated Count blrtTElt. titcrt and Count VINCENT, as his Plenipotentiaries. These NcBociations have'not, however, yet led to the coi►cls;ion of peace. Where are several reports in these papers, froM dif ferent Generals, relative to our operations io the Scheldt. The alarm caused by our expedition is reu dpre4 evident by a passage in a letter from Count HUNENUitG, the French Minister of War, to NA POLEON, giving an account of the preparations made for defence, in which h,e says, " I have given, all the necessary instructions for the.dcfpnce of the coast, from HaVre to Bayonne." The Royal Amsterdam Gazette mentions the sm.• render of Flushing, 'and attributes it more to the fire • from our Ships than to the efforts of the besieging army. The statements in these Papers, of the Main; Of Spain, do not communicate any later intelligence than is contained in the Spaniih Papers., A boast is _lnade, in an Older of the Day, dated from Madrid, of haring:deltroyed the rear guard of the English' 'Army, beyond the bridge 'n Arzobizpo, which, we knOW cannot Ix: true. We unfortunately cannot tnak4lie same-assertion with respect to the defeat of ",he Spanish General VANEGAS, on the I.lth ult. sta a Drench diSpatolt, as it appears by PANE.. -G/4 own account,' in the Spanish Papers, that he "was rekulsed and obliged so retread towards the Sierra Morena. A schooner;, which arrived at Portsmouth the 24 ,ingint, left the Li 9 24 man of war, with the home war e d-bound China fleet, off;.the ca, e, he sth o f 4tirie last, • 31 deg. 12 min. South, .long: 30 d% 33 !nip, East. The schooner I•eiraratect in rough . wea• thereat...which. time only seven• of the ship, were in They had had 'a gale of wind two days he fore, "in 'which they were dispersed, iant all had joined except , two. The schooner fell in with ail 'American, on the 14th July., eight days from 1 . 41ena 4 where the Essex had arrived. On S ‘ atur.lay a Cabinet Council was 1104. at they Foreign Office, which sat froni half past one o'cloCk till - past five; :at 'which 'were preSent, the Earls ot" Ltv4tpor„, CAMDEN, BATHyRST; Lords MUI. 7 GRAVE anti c.ISTI.EREAGH Mr. Secretary Ceti- KING,. and the CiLitN;Et..t.on of the EAcuEckumt. Yesterday morning his M A JES T Y, the but.ce Prince:;ses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA', ac companied 'by Ladies THYNNE, SIDNEY, aenero and Col. bEspRoW, 'rode to St. George'S Chapel and heard a sermon preached by Ilr Hon and Itev. ... 1 1.,..AuktAm,' and aAt . erwards.returped to . Winctsor Extra 4 of Letter, dated Messina, 17th July; to a . . • _ merchant in Glasg6v, by the Hop e ; PiAhcE, in one • month and fourdays,' from Messina :—" With rc speat to political events in thil quarter, you have no douht heard of the taking of the two nand; of Ischia arid Pucida, by. °or forces under, Sir J. STVART. As yet, .no proSpett of his ma!:ing descent upon Naplei or the coast. The - lostier part of Calabria, which has. been open a Short time, is again shut against, the, fitnish.--All must depend upon the succ:esses of Au§tro, whence wetave no late acccountS." LOefs from Verdun, dated the- Isr of August, . frrri ,o - some - of our unforttinate Countrymen there, ' ptisoners of war, state, that the British 9fscero weie• better treated, and the children of British .LlTa '- viOnd.Military Officers permitied to . gct, to - 'Schtiol • to learn 'nsvigat ion anti the „wrench language. • It is reported 'that a forplid,rble orsigreOion has L 'br oX enont in archy of Magdeburg!, and that tOuz - regiments of Westphalian troops had received orders t.O proceedtothe Elbe, which they relockant ! ly obeYed. : •: • Letters from the Continentmention, "that a con been entered into between the Courts, : of St. Petel - sburgh,'Sr - Ockfrolin, and Copelthrigen, for the maintenance of peace :in the Baltic. They also slate, that England has ,consented' to allow itm- . - plO of provisions to be sent to Norway. A n ed i to tollowing effeet was.pnblifted on'the 26thilf July by'the Donish Governmeot. It orderS, " That all tiie. neutral or probable neutral holders of accepter! bills Which had beet drawn from England upon the . . Merchants of .Denmark at the com.nencement of the and which were deposited wi'll the Corn rilisioners at Altona according to a no ti ce f ro m G4ernmeiri, should come forward within. a year t to • • Kecetve that money or-property back again: At expiration. of ,the twelvemonth, .the articles tie - poitted will become the property of the Guyer nmenr. Suc' bills as have not beengiven 'Over to the Com... miksiohers, are how 'ordered 'to be delivered' up within three Months, in order that the holders may receive the benefit of the present decree." . . . Among the mast contemptible of the charges Which The Opposition Writers - have brought against Miniqers respecting the t:xpedition, is that, which asserts that it was i delayed.in order that some of, them might be gratifked with seeing " the splendid spec.: laCte'of 'the Wh o l e a rmament putt i ng to sea at once.' ' As it seemed impossible that the Opposition Writers could be so vl foolish as to give an y cte d it to such.a story, if thee, had not beet). the imentosso! it, WC should have thought that after giving it as a stroke of humour, they would not have repeated so dull a jest out as they persevere in this absurd chArge, they either manifest a deploiable credulity in thu,k ing that the Expedition was really delayed by such' a cause, or a truly malignant ,spirit, in recurring to, what every man of sense and candour must at once, treat with cont em pt . . " Forty of the unfortunate followers of the Dahl , of BRUNSWICK have been , :ondenincd to be ~t YL a t • Lssel. In Briinswick; t 6 of the partizans of tili s , gallant Prince ytieie multi-red in one day. At sel also a party . of then) suite, ed as tialters; aril . pi*t‘ thptll a Lieutenant-Coloitel. ~~ is not ex peed to be long delayed. In fa6l, we learn tbiwthe t ilottats-of Austria, after, many tn-gi versatio l , spud) iepugnince, seems at l eng th t o *oleic'& all th e cLditions on which th e ve . .., ror I\TAPoLiON consents to grant peace. The last obstacles to peace being thus removed, the Plenipo tentiaries..reciprocally - appointed to conclude - the treaty, have repaired to Altenburg, and not to Raab, s was at first said, where they will open their con ferences. .d.ecording to advices from Lintz, dated the 12th, , the, fccaph,arrky still.femained in the same position . as at the conclusion of: the armistice: The Duke of :AUERSTADT has his 'bead-quarters at Bruno, the Duke of R;YOLI at Znalm, the Duke of RAGUSA. at Krerns, Marshal OIiDINOT at Spitz, the Prince Vice, my at Presburg, and 'Marshal MAcnoNAL4 at Gratz: The Saxon troops are on 'the side of Presburg, those of Wirteinberg in the environs of Vienna, and those of gaden and Mrrnstadt . 9 the frontiers of 411ora via. Two Ilavarian, divisions are in the. Tyrol, and . the third at Lintz. LETTER FROST GENERAL FAUCO,NigEr, 21.0 TU Ws NISTER RATED ANTWERP, AUG. 180 g. MONSEIGNEUR, Your Excellency has no doubt been informed by _ Generals - moNtlul: and CHAMEARLUACy of the des cent which the English have eftetied on the- Island • of` Walcheren, and the, progress they have made in Zealand, since, as I am assured they have taken Middleburg!' . I have taken, the measures which ap 7 pear to me necessary in - e rne diately to oppose any at tempt which the enemy might make to land on the right bank of the Scheldt, I have in consetioerAce con ; salted, on the ground, with the Commander of tbe troops of the Kingofliollanct. We agreed on our line of defence which I itnmectiatetycausedin be occupied, .1 • . • • _ . . and shall this moment reinforce, as I have received . advice that the English bqve, taken the fort of 13atz. I shall not allow myself - to . ma,ke any redeetion otr thelmsty surrender of this tort. What I find asto nishing i 3,. that Lwa s withi n sig h t °f i t, with Gene • • rat . TA . ntoiti*, from ten in the morning till past noon, and that we, never .heard a 'Singh, cqntipn Creel, nor a musket 41scharffed. General COA BONN Iss - this - momeut arrived from Masstricht •,I,;: , ith a column cf cavaizy and irifautty. The. fort; cf 'Lilo and I.4ef4insl:oeck- ale in a state A • of defence. The marl,ne 1; - ; landing - pieces of artil lery,:which to-morrow I [lope will be placed, LETa:eit 1110.1V,"T.IiE NI!,NISTER AT - WAR To. ins ATA. Jvs-ry . FHR E:IPEIIO,a .4Np KING, . . _ . . Sags,—lt is five in the morning-:—.l reteive tlke i nconci:ivatle intelligence that L4E03141) have taken the fort Of B.atz. . An eqnivocal phrase ; .letter Wrlttep to the .MiLlihter of the marine, made tne 4nppoz.e thg Flu,hing I.v4s bombarded, karid I tratlmitted the , same to y3-ur Majesty, but it was •snlyTe.ryeilc.that was IneAot.% am, with re::pect, - ; B,:c. 4e. 'e Minizaer at NVAr, - CJortt 1 - IuNEROV.RG. - ft. LETTER FROM GENET:At. C.ZA74.2.4.R1..HAC. :TO Ti . _ _ 'An ST 0( AT WAR. ANT lit E nr;Ati G. 4, 1809 . 77 T . arrivcd:at .1111tWerp • this morning vijth the , cavay tinder n3.y conductli the General of Brigade, - arrivei*Altt iso -. moment alter with his .the - serves to-morrow, I shall go to. see Adaural. tsl.• SIESSY, and consult measure,l with him. • Otir troops cornMunicate ;Ni j th those of his MX- • • ,•. ,• esty the Kit% itIim.LAND b ) terszerk 7 op-Zoom, and we have weed with tLe.. General. who com manded them to act in concert. The, abominable conduct of LI. nu E 9, the Dutch Officer, Who, without waiting, for the enemy, fled from 'Batz., is one of those _instances of• cowardie which must prOceed from infatuation or tre;whery. This wretch is the cause that, the English advanced posts are not more than•six leagues from • Antwerp, but our troops .observe them, and maintain their poets. • The forts 'which, defend the WI1 1 (.5 of the Scheldt, are . well armed. MAILS. ;-: Aitxtvzo-1 *aim, 2 Dublin. Dux Go;tenburgh, 2 Waterford. -- • .. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAy AT TWILV O'CLOCK, • COnsols o • - - 6Z it I Red.lArip. . T E ,S UN. SOLILAA QUI/ A1C18.4 . I a Lsul4 AVOLAT ? o MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 180 g.